Verbs with adverbs > phrasal verbs
- Come in and sit down.
- What time did you get up?
- You'd better take off your shoes.
- I threw away my old briefcase.
The adverbs (e.g. in. dawn, up) are
sometimes called ‘adverb particles’. They combine with verbs to form phrasal
verbs (e.g. come in. take off)
Verbs with prepositions > propositional verbs
A verb +
preposition is called a "propositional verb".
- I was looking at the photo.
- We didn't go into all the details.
- What did you think of the film?
Prepositions
(e.g. at, into. of) combine with verbs to form propositional verbs (e.g. look
at. go into. think of). The preposition has an object (e.g. the photo. all the
details, the film).
Verbs with adverbs and prepositions
Note :
Not
everyone agrees about what to call than verbs. Sometimes ‘phrasal verb’ is used
to mean both verb + adverb and verb + preposition. It in of course more
important to use the words correctly than to worry about what to call them. But
remember that there are differences between the use ol adverbs and the use of
prepositions.
Phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs are
a small group of different word verbs made from a verb plus another word (or
more than one word). Phrasal verbs are made of: verb + adverb and prepositional
verbs are made of: verb + preposition.